Title :
A reliable, low cost IGBT gate drive circuit
Author :
Hunter, Gregory P.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
A new isolated gate driver for IGBT´s is introduced which features low cost, small size and high immunity to dv/dt transients. It has short propagation delays and creates near optimum gate drive waveforms with a negative gate bias in the off state. It incorporates a single two-winding transformer for isolation and requires no secondary side power supply.
Keywords :
circuit reliability; driver circuits; insulated gate bipolar transistors; transformer windings; low cost IGBT gate drive circuit; optimum gate drive waveform; secondary side power supply; short propagation delays; single two-winding transformer; Capacitance; Costs; Driver circuits; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power transformer insulation; Propagation delay; Pulse transformers; Rectifiers; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Conference, 2008. AUPEC '08. Australasian Universities
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7334-2715-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4162-4
